diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery.py
index eb5a4582f516..08698b273b1e 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery.py
@@ -1098,7 +1098,16 @@ def estimate_size(self):
     bq = bigquery_tools.BigQueryWrapper.from_pipeline_options(
         self.pipeline_options)
     if self.table_reference is not None:
-      return self._get_table_size(bq, self.table_reference)
+      table_ref = self.table_reference
+      if (isinstance(self.table_reference, vp.ValueProvider) and
+          self.table_reference.is_accessible()):
+        table_ref = bigquery_tools.parse_table_reference(
+            self.table_reference.get(), project=self._get_project())
+      elif isinstance(self.table_reference, vp.ValueProvider):
+        # Size estimation is best effort. We return None as we have
+        # no access to the table that we're querying.
+        return None
+      return self._get_table_size(bq, table_ref)
     elif self.query is not None and self.query.is_accessible():
       query_job_name = bigquery_tools.generate_bq_job_name(
           self._job_name,